Career
He had at least one sibling, a sister, Alice Mary Warren (died 1930), who was married to Robert Brown Job, President of Job Brothers & Company, Limited. He received his education at Bishop Feild College, Saint John"s, Newfoundland and Framlingham College, in England. After studying law, Warren was admitted as a solicitor in 1901
Warren was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1903 as a Liberal and served as Speaker of the House from 1909-1913.
In 1919 he became minister of justice in the Cabinet of Sir Richard Squires.
The Squires government became embroiled in a scandal over allegations of corruption and misspending of government funds and Squires resigned in protest along with three other ministers in 1923. The next year Squires was forced to resign and Warren was chosen the party"s new leader and Prime Minister.
His government launced a formal inquiry into the corruption charges which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Squires and several others Warren"s supporters turned against him and moved a Motion of Number Confidence that defeated his government.
In 1926, Warren resigned from the House of Assembly and was appointed to the colony"s Supreme Court.